Syracuse woman faces drug charge after police find cocaine in wallet

Syracuse, NY -- A 47-year-old woman who couldn't recall her home address early Thursday gave police permission to look for it in her wallet, where officers found her ID along with a bag containing cocaine, according to police records.

Zina Chatraw, of 915 James St., was charged with misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance and was booked into the Onondaga County Justice Center.

A Syracuse police incident report gives these details:

At 3:27 a.m. in the 1200 block of Meadowbrook Drive, 911 received a call from Chatraw requesting an ambulance for a ride to her home because she was cold. After finding nothing medically wrong, police were called. Chatraw told police she was dropped off there by a taxi.

Officers, who said the woman was highly intoxicated, offered to give her a ride home, but Chatraw could only remember that she lived on James Street.

Police asked if Chatraw had any identification and she gave them permission to get her wallet out of the Walmart bag she was carrying and look inside. That's when officers found the small bag of white powder, which tested positive for cocaine, police said.